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Benedikt F. Dolbin
Portrait sketch of Lukas Foss
1951 or 1957
Pencil on paper.
11 9/16 x 9 5/8 inches (294 x 244 mm)
Purchased on the Cary Fund.
1974.42:25
Notes:
One of 86 portrait sketches of musicians including the likenesses of most of the leading composers, conductors, and instrumentalists of the first half of the twentieth century. All were done from life, and many appeared in Musical America.
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist in pencil at upper right, "Lukas Foss", and signed at lower right with initial "D" and dated "May 12, 51 (or 57)".
Provenance:
Mrs. Ellen Dolbin (d. 1974), the artist's widow.
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